Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

Kyoto hasn't been this lively for a long time.

Twenty thousand Sizhou soldiers were eating and drinking in all the restaurants in the city, shouting constantly, and their voices could be heard everywhere.

From morning till night, it never stopped.

Even when night fell, the Sizhou soldiers still showed no intention of returning to the camp to rest. It seemed that they wanted to have even their evening meal in the restaurant.

The restaurant had no choice. The Third Prince had ordered that all bills be settled at the Third Prince’s residence, so they could only respond to requests.

Regardless of whether the third prince would pay the money, they dared not provoke this group of evildoers at this time.

under night.

The city of Kyoto, which should have been quiet, was now brightly lit, full of joy and the sound of finger-guessing games could be heard from time to time.

Although Kyoto City is large and has many restaurants, 20,000 soldiers are not a small number, so there are soldiers in almost every restaurant.

At this moment, a troop of soldiers quietly appeared on the street.

They cleverly avoided the Sizhou troops and went straight to the Thirteenth Prince's residence.

In the silent night, the door of the Thirteenth Prince's mansion had already been closed, and the guard inside was dozing off leaning against the door frame.

At this moment, the palace was surrounded by soldiers. The leader was wearing royal robes. Who else could it be but the Third Prince?

Looking at the quiet Thirteenth Prince's residence, a hint of amusement flashed in the Third Prince's eyes.

"The Thirteenth Prince is related to the assassination case. I am here on the orders of my father to investigate the matter and come here specifically to capture the Thirteenth Prince!"

"Tonight, whoever can catch him will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, and whoever can kill him will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver!"

The Third Prince suddenly drew the sword from his waist and shouted, "Charge in!"

At the command, the soldiers of the city defense camp, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately rushed towards the residence of the third prince with great momentum.

This time, they brought huge wooden sticks to attack the mansion gate, and they banged on it frantically.

At the same time, some people squatted down and let other soldiers step on their shoulders to climb over the high wall and jump into the palace.

Inside the palace, the palace guards who were dozing off heard the noise, looked up, and found that many people had already arrived at the palace.

"No, there are assassins!"

With a loud shout, the palace guards immediately rushed out and fought with the soldiers of the city defense camp.

But because no one stopped the soldiers from the city defense camp at the gate of the mansion, the other side was able to break the gate open after charging more than ten times.

But at the same time, a smoke signal appeared in the palace.

Then, the thirteenth prince's roar was heard: "Who dares to attack the palace? Don't you want to die?"

But the soldiers of the city defense camp didn't listen to him at all and continued to charge towards the mansion.

The Thirteenth Prince's eyes were gloomy, and his aura suddenly exploded: "Kill them all for me!"

Then, he held a huge axe and rushed towards the soldiers of the city defense camp.

His pseudo-top-notch strength was fully demonstrated at this moment, and almost no one could be his match.

In just a blink of an eye, more than a dozen soldiers were killed by his giant axe.

The blood dyed the collar of the clothes red!

The murderous intent continued to spread along the fallen body.

The Thirteenth Prince, who was already blood-thirsty, didn't care and rushed forward madly, waving his huge axe.

This terrifying existence, which looked like a giant humanoid beast, frightened the soldiers of the city defense camp so much that they retreated step by step.

Upon seeing this, the palace guards rushed forward and actually drove the soldiers from the city defense camp out of the palace.

outside the house.

The Third Prince, who was supervising the battle, looked at the soldiers who were constantly retreating, narrowed his eyes, and asked in a cold voice: "Why are you retreating?"

"Your Highness, the Thirteenth Prince will take action personally. None of us can stop him."

"Hmph, I have already anticipated this. Archers, release your arrows!"

The third prince came prepared. He knew very well how powerful the thirteenth prince was, so he prepared many archers for him.

At the command, arrows rained down like rain, flying over the high walls and landing in the front yard of the palace.

Several palace guards fell down amid screams.

The Thirteenth Prince was startled and quickly swung his huge axe to block the sharp arrow.

"Retreat, retreat to the hall!"

Knowing that there were archers outside, the Thirteenth Prince did not dare to be careless and could only retreat to the living room with his men.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Third Prince sneered and ordered: "Kill them!"

The soldiers of the city defense camp rushed into the palace again, and with the cover of the archers, they continued to clear out the palace guards in the front yard.

But at this time, smoke was rising from the palace and many princes had seen it.

Seeing that the Thirteenth Prince's mansion had met with disaster, they all brought their men over.

However, as soon as they went out, they encountered Sizhou soldiers who were eating and drinking in a restaurant blocking the road.

This group of people were extremely drunk, but they just happened to block the way to the Thirteenth Prince's residence.

The Fifth Prince looked at the Sizhou soldiers on the street in front of him and his face darkened: "Everyone, get out of my way!"

But no one answered him.

"If you don't get out of the way, I will order a killing!" The fifth prince was furious, and his words were threatening.

But the Sizhou troops remained unmoved and blocked the road, blocking their way.

For a moment, the fifth prince was in a dilemma.

On the one hand, he wanted to go and support the Thirteenth Prince as soon as possible, but on the other hand, he was worried that if he took action at this moment, he would get into trouble.

After all, he does not have as many soldiers and horses as the Sizhou soldiers in front of him. If a fight really breaks out, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose.

"Your Highness, what should we do?" the captain of the guard asked in a low voice.

The fifth prince narrowed his eyes and said, "Send someone to check on the other princes' situation, and also tell King Chu the news here."

"I understand!" The captain of the guard responded and immediately went down to make arrangements.

The fifth prince narrowed his eyes, a playful look on his face.

It wasn't that he didn't want to save the Thirteenth Prince tonight, but someone blocked his way.

If other people were also stopped, then you can't blame him for not going to rescue them.

I told Chu Ning about this matter because I wanted to see how Chu Ning would handle it, and also to give Chu Ning a heads up in advance.

Even if Chu Ning wanted to hold someone responsible afterwards, it would not be his responsibility.

He had already sent troops to rescue, but was blocked by the troops of Sizhou.

Of course, at this moment the Fifth Prince finally realized why the Third Prince would spend a huge amount of money to treat the Sizhou soldiers to food and drink.

It turns out the purpose was to stop them from going to the rescue!

"Third brother, you are really good at this. You set up a trap to stop us!"

The fifth prince snorted coldly: "However, even if we can't get through, Chu Ning will definitely get through. When you fight, the only one who will benefit will be me!"

He also has his own little thoughts.

Fighting to the death with the Third Prince now will only benefit others. It is better to let Chu Ning fight first.

When the time is right, he will take people there and maybe he can get some bargains.

As for their so-called alliance, it was only established without involving his own interests.

Once his interests are affected, his own interests will of course take priority.

Whether the Thirteenth Prince was killed tonight or Chu Ning and the Third Prince had a fight, he would be happy to see it happen!

Thinking of Chu Ning and the Third Prince fighting to the death, a hint of amusement appeared in the Fifth Prince's eyes.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. Tonight, he is going to be the oriole!

As for the follow-up...

Haha, since the Third Prince dared to take action and even arranged troops from Sizhou to block the way, he must have a foolproof plan.

It’s hard to say whether Chu Ning can survive tonight!